Teresa Buckley - Ottawa Event | Health Charter Tour

A short address by Teresa Buckley, Communications Director at the NHPPA, delivered during the Ottawa evening event at Biker’s Church as part of the Health Charter Tour. Teresa reflects on her experience leading communications for the National Citizens Inquiry, where citizen-led efforts generated tens of millions of social media impressions despite limited resources and widespread censorship. She shares her internal struggle about whether advocacy efforts truly make a difference, and recounts the moment that clarified her role: the simple but powerful instruction to “tell people to tell people.” Teresa explains how meaningful change depends on exponential, person-to-person sharing rather than passive consumption of information, comparing the process to basic mathematics rather than persuasion. She challenges attendees to move beyond safe conversations and take responsibility for actively sharing the message, emphasizing that the success of grassroots movements depends on ordinary people choosing to speak, connect, and act. Learn more about the NHPPA’s cross-Canada tour and the Charter of Health Freedom at nhppa.org/join-the-tour/. Subscribe to our free newsletter to stay informed about how you can educate and activate your community: https://nhppa.org/subscribe/